Stikky Night Skies: Learn 6 Constellations, 4 Stars, a Planet, a Galaxy, and How to Navigate at Night--In One Hour, Guaranteed.

by Laurence Holt

Book Overview

A beginner's guide to navigating the heavens introduces readers to the basics of the night sky, employing an accessible style designed to enhance retention of facts and is accompanied by an appendix... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568582536
• ISBN13: 9781568582535
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Laurence Holt Books
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Connect with our ancestors

Take this book with you on your next trip. Devote an hour to reading it, accept the simple rules, and you will never again look at the night sky in the same way. For thousands of years people examined the night sky with nothing but their eyes, their minds, their hopes and fears. Over time, they learned a remarkable amount about the near heaven. Using this book, you can regain a profound skill that helped our ancestors onto the rocky of civilization. You can learn to see the skies, to understand how space is arrayed. This can be a pleasure in itself or it can be the foundation for a plunge into astronomy. This book offers you a grand chance. After you read the first part, take a blanket, go outside, lie comfortably on the ground, and join our ancestors in the first step into the universe. And there is a bonus: you can learn how to use the sky to orient yourself in your own backyard. This book offers a glimmer of what school should be like.

Great Book

This book at first seemed too simple. Then after buying and reading it, I realized that it was perfect. The book starts slowly, teaching you how to find one star and constellation and then builds on that information. By the end of the book the reader can find several constellations, stars, etc. This information is also presented in such a way that I feel I'll retain the knowledge for life. All-in-all a good book that effectively conveys the information.

"Stikky" It Is

This is far and away the most outstanding book on amateur astronomy I've ever seen. If you've ever had a teacher who explained things in such a way that they stikk to your mind forever, this book will let you relive that experience. In fact, my seven year old son can already identify many constellations. After you read this book, leave the telescope behind, just walk out into the night sky and enjoy the thrill of knowing your way around it.

Easy way to learn and retain a lot!

I read this book, then a month later I went out beyond the lights of the city, and I was able to easily identify stars and constellations. awesome! And it only took me about 30 minutes to read each half, and the payoff was huge. I've read several Guide Books before, but it's usually in one ear and out the other.

5 Stars! Fun, captivating, & surprisingly effective

Impress your friends, your date, your children! There's something magical about reading the night sky, and, if you're not already an astronomer, this book will change the way you view the heavens.Yes, my brain is full, and I don't have time to learn anything new. But the folks who created this book are on to something - it's catchy, it's sticky, uh, Stikky. Each page and each chapter builds and reinforces your knowledge. You really do have to read this book one page at a time, though - no skimming! Definitely buy this book before your next plane trip. You'll have some fun and gain some knowledge to share at your next cocktail party. It would also make a nice gift - maybe when you're done with it?! Reading "Stikky Night Skies" is like playing a game, and I'll bet that kids - perhaps as young as 10 or 12 - would have a great time with it, too.